Wa `alaykum as-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. In this fatwa: 1- It is not permissible for non-mahrams to shake hands with each other. 2- As for your situation, you can …

Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. In this fatwa: 1- Islam does not encourage the interfaith marriages. 2- The general rule of Islam is that Muslims should marry Muslims. 3- …

SARAJEVO – Overcoming her blindness since early age, a Bosnian Muslim hijabi woman has become a source of inspiration to others with her writings, advising her readers to be grateful for all the things they have and not to be sad about the things they do not. “I love to read, and I often find the …

Many people get into marriages with the unrealistic expectation or idealized sense of what a spouse is supposed to be. One spouse may focus so much on the hope that the other part will possess all the wonderful qualities of a spouse without considering the possibility of any negative ones.

Every girl looks forward to her wedding day, to her dress, to new beginnings; actually, not all girls. A Muslim girl staring at her wedding dress, just learning that her wedding to a non-Muslim is not allowed in Islam, is torn between her religion and love. Why wouldn’t Islam allow such a marriage, anyway?

As many women see wearing a hijab in today’s America is a hard decision, Elhum Oskui is battling misconceptions about her hijab and religion every day when she goes to work out at Oregon State University’s Dixon Recreation Center.

In many cultures, there is a tendency to offer advice to women more than men , especially those who are getting married. Advice such as: how to be a good wife, how to be a righteous wife, how to fulfill her husband’s needs, etc. What is conspicuous about our heritage is that most, if not …

An American Muslim woman had a heartwarming experience after a 90-year-old Jewish man approached her in a book store to express solidarity and apologize for the anti-Muslim prejudice she faces as a veiled woman.